# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Filter A2A sessions from desktop sidebar recents/search

## Open now

- 1 issue, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- #108003: Desktop sidebar recents + session search should be able to exclude A2A sessions
- PR #108027: feat(desktop): configurable session-source exclusions for sidebar recents + search

These items cover adding configurable exclusions so that agent-to-agent (A2A) sessions can be hidden from the desktop sidebar's recents list and session search. Includes a feature request, an implementation, and a configuration option.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 1 open issue(s), 0 closed issue(s), 1 open PR(s), 0 merged PR(s), 1 PR(s) closed without merging.
- No fix has been merged to main; one or more PRs were attempted (see below).
- **Recommended:** review the prior/competing PR(s) below. A fix was attempted but not merged; your case may extend or revive that work.

## Maintainer resolution verdict

- Internal-tracker verdict over this cluster's issue members: `unresolved`. This is distinct from the fix status above. Weigh it yourself.

## How this cluster was grouped

- Link evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.
- Pairwise link density `0.67`: the share of member pairs that carry a link, counting a structural link in full and a relevance-only link at 0.36. `1.00` means every pair is linked.

## Open related issues

- #108003: Desktop sidebar recents + session search should be able to exclude A2A sessions

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#108015: fix(desktop): exclude a2a sessions from sidebar recents and search by default**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `partial_fix`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `#108003`
- **#108027: feat(desktop): configurable session-source exclusions for sidebar recents + search**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `427d605d49`
  - files: `apps/desktop/src/app/session/hooks/use-session-list-actions.test.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/session/hooks/use-session-list-actions.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/settings/sessions-settings.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/settings/settings-manifest.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/i18n/en.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/i18n/en_settings_sessions.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/i18n/types.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/i18n/types_settings_sessions.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/lib/session-source.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/lib/session-source.ts`, `hermes_cli/config_defaults.py`, `hermes_cli/config_defaults_aux.py`, `hermes_cli/web_server_config.py`, `website/docs/user-guide/sessions.md`

## Fix status

- No merged fix on record.
- Subsystem: `apps/desktop`